Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give rise to

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English

Syllables
give rise -to
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be the origin of; to produce; to result in.

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

gives rise to (present, singular) giving rise to (participle, present) gave rise to (past) given rise to (participle, past)

Phrases

give birth be born

Frequently Paired Words

give birth be born beget

Synonyms

engender spawn

Questions

What does give rise to mean?
To be the origin of; to produce; to result in.

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